Foster-Murphy collection 1900-1969

Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940

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Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (known by her family as “Lolly”) was born on March 11, 1868, in London, the third surviving child of John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen. In the 1880s she began writing and contributed to The Pleiades, an amateur magazine she created with friends. She completed training as a kindergarten teacher in 1892 and taught art for several years afterwards. She also published four popular painting manuals during this time. In 1900, Yeats and her family moved from London to Du...

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American l...

Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957

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Irish artist and author. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats papers, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982120 Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish painter and illustrator. He was the younger brother of the poet, William Butler Yeats. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517346 From the guide to the Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, 1899-1955, (The New Yor...

Quinn, John, 1870-1924

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John Quinn (1870-1924) was a corporation lawyer in New York City who amassed an important private collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture as well as books and manuscripts of contemporary authors. In addition to promoting modern and avant-garde art in all forms, he particularly encouraged the work of members of the Irish Literary Revival, the artists of the Paris School, and English and American writers of his time. In 1923 he sold his manuscript and library holdings to subsidize his art ...

Pascin, Jules, 1885-1930

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Jules Pascin, artist, was born on March 31, 1885 in Widden, Bulgaria as Julius Pincas. He moved to Paris in 1905 and changed his name. He became an American citizen in 1914 and lived in New York for the duration of World War I. He was married to Hermine David. He returned to Paris in 1920, shortly after it was reopened to civilian travel. He went back to the United States in 1927 to retain his American citizenship. He was well-known in America and in Europe for his sketches and paintings. He com...

Foster, Jeanne Robert, 1879-1970

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Jeanne R. Foster (1879-1970), creator of the collection, was an American poet, assistant editor of The Review of Reviews and American editor of Transatlantic Review. She met a significant group of writers, poets and artists through John Quinn who was a New York lawyer, collector of modern art and active patron of the arts. From the description of Foster-Murphy collection, 1900-1969. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122640093 From the guide to the Foster-Murphy ...

Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939

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English novelist and influential editor of literary journals; also biographer, art critic, and poet. Born Ford Madox Hueffer; changed last name to Ford in 1919. From the description of W.H. Hudson : some reminiscences / by Ford Madox Hueffer, 1920s? (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 228079051 From the description of The saddest story, 1915? (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 228079018 From the description of Ford Madox Ford diary, 1938...

Pach, Walter, 1883-1958

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Pach: Artist, critic, historian, writer, art consultant, curator; New York, N.Y. Instrumental in organizing the Armory Show, 1913. Winthrop: patron; New York, N.Y. His collection, left to Harvard University, included early American portraits, drawings by English and French artists, and Chinese sculpture. From the description of Walter Pach letter to Grenville Winthrop, 1933 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84852249 American artist and author. From the desc...

Yates family

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Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932

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Isabella Augusta Persse (1852-1932) married Sir William Henry Gregory (1817-1892). After her husband's death, Lady Gregory became an author and playwright. She also acted as manager of the Abbey Theatre from 1904-1912. From the description of Lady Gregory papers, 1879-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863298 Isabella Augusta Gregory, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), the Irish playwright and poet. For a fuller account of her life and achievements see the Dictionary of National...

Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959

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Jacob Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York. While working in a bronze foundry, he studied sculptural modelling at evening classes. In 1902, he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. He moved to London in 1905, where he settled permanently, becoming a British subject in 1911. Among his major works is a figure of Christ in bronze, made during the First World War, which was bought by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Epstein was knighted in 1954 and died in Lon...

Hyde, Douglas, 1860-1949

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President of Ireland, statesman, and author. From the description of Papers of Douglas Hyde, 1928-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455174 Douglas Hyde was an Irish playwright, poet, essayist, literary historian, and statesman. From the description of Douglas Hyde collection of papers, 1892-1930. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615521 From the guide to the Douglas Hyde collection of papers, 1892-1930, (The New York Public Library. ...

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949

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Lily Yeats was the sister of W.B. Yeats and of Jack Yeats, and the daughter of John Butler Yeats. She was an embroiderer and worked with William Morris. Later, she headed the embroidery division of Dun Emer Industries while her sister Elizabeth was in charge of the hand press. The press was later renamed the Cuala Press. From the description of Lily Yeats collection. [1907]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676808641 ...

Brâncuşi, Constantin, 1876-1957

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Cuala Press

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Founded by Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, the Cuala Press was established in 1902. It operated under the name Dun Emer Press until 1908 when the name changed to Cuala Press. Besides providing works for publication, William Butler Yeats also served as both an editor and adviser for the press. After the death of Elizabeth Yeats in 1940, the work was continued under the management of Bertha Georgie Yeats (the wife of W. B. Yeats). The Cuala Press published its last book in 1946 and would issue only note...

Joyce, James, 1882-1941

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James Augustus Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in Rathgar, a borough of Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of ten children who survived infancy. In 1888 he was enrolled at Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit boarding school near Dublin, where he stayed until 1891. Thereafter he attended Belvedere College, and then University College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1902 with a major in Italian. While at UCD Joyce wrote a paper in defense of Henrik Ibsen's drama called Drama and Life, which was ...

Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922

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Yeats was an Irish portrait painter and father of both W.B. and J.B. Yeats. He lived many years in London and spent his last 14 in New York City. From the description of John Butler Yeats collection, 1909-1978 (bulk 1911-1922). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 83320368 Irish barrister and artist, the father of the poet W.B. Yeats. From the description of John Butler Yeats collection, 1913-1954 (bulk 1913-1921). (Boston College). WorldCat record...

Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947

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Albert Shaw (1857-1947) was an editor, journalist and scholar who spent most of his career as the editor and publisher of the Review of Reviews, a digest of progressive thought and political analysis. Shaw's principal interests were the improvement of municipal government, the relationship of business and organized labor, agricultural reform, international affairs, and contemporary politics and economics, topics which he wrote and spoke on frequently. From the guide to the Albert Sha...